Pharmacists' provision of methadone to intoxicated clients in community pharmacies, Victoria, Australia

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-308

  Koutroulis, Glenda Yvonne ^a,c   Kutin, Jozica Johanna ^a,b   Ugoni, Antony Marcello ^b   Odgers, Peta ^a   Muhleisen, Peter ^a   Ezard, Nadine ^a   Lintzeris, Nicholas ^a   Stowe, Aaron ^a   Lanagan, Amanda ^a  

^a Turning Point Alcohol Drug Ctr Inc   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community methadone pharmacy; Intoxication; Methadone; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034414710     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713659378     Document Type: Article

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